When JO JO Conklin of Adrian saw a T-shirt in the Goodwill store, she got an idea.

The T-shirt had a picture of a man touching a name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., while the spirit-like images of three soldiers looked back at him from the wall. The shirt bore the inscription, “You are not forgotten.”

“I always wanted to do something for the Vietnam veterans especially,” said Conklin, whose twin brother served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968.

Conklin bought the T-shirt, cut out the image and applied it to the front of an empty photo album. She wrote a letter of thanks to Vietnam veterans and placed it in the album along with five of her own poems.

In the letter, Conklin says she believes the Vietnam veterans did not get the respect, thanks and appreciation they deserved during the Vietnam era. She invites them to use the album to share their photos, stories or letters about their Vietnam experiences.

Conklin took the album to American Legion Post 97, 904 N. Main St. in Adrian, where it is now on display and available to any Vietnam veterans who would like to make use of it.

“It would all be their stories and about them,” Conklin said.

Dave Loop, historian at American Legion Post 97, said anyone with questions about the album can call him at 260-1858.